A red spot fell on the floorin the Guggenheim Museumsomeone’s lost cinnamon candyor a pill to stave off arthritis paina red spot on the speckled marble floorinscribed in circlesa red spot exiled from one of Kandinsky’s paintingshanging on the wallone of Kandinsky’s larger circlescompressed & boiled downa red pill you take once a daythe Idea of Art alchemized.

Red spot fell to the floorthe Guggenheim Museum,someone dropped a sweet cinnamonor tablet from arthritis.Krasnoe spot a multicolored marble floorinscribed in a circle.Krasnoe spot to escapewith some paintings by Kandinsky,that hangs on the wall.Shout of the great circles of Kandinsky,compressed into the red pillwhich ingest every day.Alchemy abstractionism.

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[re-write based on the Google translation from the Russian]

The Red spot on the floorof the Guggenheim Museumis sweet cinnamon candyor a pill for arthritisa Krasnoe escaped from Kadinsky's paintings on the wall“Krasnoe!” shouts the circle of spectators“Krasnoe!” shoutsthe great circle of Kandinskycompressed into a red pillwe take each day --“Krasnoe!” the alchemy of abstraction.

Dan Wilcox​“Kandinsky’s Red Spot” began as one poem. It was translated by Inna Ehrlich, Ph.D., then re-worked for a workshop with Bernadette Mayer to become the 4 parts you read here.

Dan Wilcox is the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, N.Y. and is a member of the poetry performance group "3 Guys from Albany". As a photographer, he claims to have the world's largest collection of photos of unknown poets. He has been a featured reader at all the important poetry venues in the Capital District & throughout the Hudson Valley and is an active member of Veterans for Peace. You can read his Blog at dwlcx.blogspot.com.

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